ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION IN VIEW
TO ESTABLISH METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS NEW YORK, April 21. (Received April 23, at 10 a.m.) According to information which is available here, Captain Wilkins said he intended, if his Spitzbergen flight was successful, to leave next September for an Antarctic expedition, flying in a seaplane eastward from Ross Sea to Graham’s Land, about 3,000 miles south of Capo Horn, his purpose being to establish twelve Antarctic meteorological stations for forecasting weather conditions in the inhabited regions of the globe for years in advance. Observations would bo taken over one sunspot for a cycle of eleven years. He said the economic value of such lorecasts would be immense. It would eliminate sufferings from famine, droughts, and prevent food speculation on a large scale.—Australian Press Association—United Service.
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Evening Star, Issue 19848, 23 April 1928, Page 5
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128ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION IN VIEW Evening Star, Issue 19848, 23 April 1928, Page 5
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